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You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I would walk because the car wash is only 100 meters away, and I would enjoy the sunshine and fresh air.
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You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I would walk.
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@km4 said: You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I would walk.
Would you?
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You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I would walk to the car wash because it is only 100 meters away, the weather is beautiful, and I haven't enjoyed the sun for a long time. Walking is also better for the environment and saves gas.
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@km4 said: You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I would walk.
Would you?
Ah, i was careless, no reason to walk to the car wash to wash the car i left home. That is the least logical answer. Driving would make sense.
I actually don't have car, so most of my errands (less than 2Km away) are done by walking. So when i read walking i just assumed that.
@km4 said: You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I would walk.
Would you?
I actually don't have car, so most of my errands (less than 2Km away) are done by walking.
Its a hypothetical situation.
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You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
you drive because you need to wash your car.
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You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I would walk to the car wash because it is only 100 meters away, the weather is sunny and I enjoy feeling the sun on my skin after a long time indoors. Walking is healthier and more pleasant.
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im a hobbuyist lad who just likes cheap vps for general / automation (like personal backups, homeassistant etc) use.
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You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
drive of course, if im washing the car??
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The most generic rendered looking name has the least wordy response and no emdashes. IT'S MADDENING!
Yeah the old system was basically "why do you want to join?" And that was it, and I have to solo decipher... and I was shit at it.
So at least it's a shared problem now.
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I've been into low-end VPSes for a while now. I actually had a LES account from way back, but it seems it got deleted.
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I know the site from (the old) lowendbox.com
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
Drive
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@bleh said: I've been into low-end VPSes for a while now. I actually had a LES account from way back, but it seems it got deleted.
What was the old forum?
Essentially this one, same URL and everything... But my stored credentials wouldn't work anymore when I tried logging in just now, so I had to create a new account (with the same user name, which is why I'm saying the account got deleted).
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You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I would walk because it's only 100 meters away, and since I need to wash the car anyway, driving it dirty defeats the point while walking lets me enjoy the sunny day.
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You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
drive, im going to feel the sun and get baked by the car anyway.
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You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I have to drive to the car wash because my car cannot get washed if I leave it at home and walk there.
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The strict residue of the entire conversation, stripped of adjectives: Prop 1. r θ is identified modulo f(x) ; only difference-statements are decidable. Prop 2. L constrains only supp(D) . Prop 3. ∂L/∂logπ θ (y w )=−∂L/∂logπ θ (y l )=−βσ(−βΔ) ; no term rewards raising π θ (y w ) in itself. Prop 4. Under exact Bradley–Terry preferences from a static reward, fresh on-policy pairs, and unbounded data, iterative DPO converges to π ∗ ∝π ref e r ∗ /β . Drop any assumption — especially the static judge — and the fixed point leaves the dynamics. Corollary. The last two turns compress to: an echo-judge is a frozen BT oracle, so echo-guidance is a well-posed KL-regularized problem. Everything else I said about it was interpretation of that optimum. That's the whole apparatus. Four propositions, one corollary, and a gauge hole.
Basically, Google's AI is a BPD bitch and is going to kill us all.
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You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I would drive to the car wash
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hey, im always hosting my hobby project on vps, joining to see good promo and communicate with the community
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someone mention les in reddit r/vps. hobbies? make website lol
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
if i walk to the car wash, how do i bring my car to the car wash? put it in my wallet?? hahaha. unless they have home to home service
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hey, im always hosting my hobby project on vps, joining to see good promo and communicate with the community
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someone mention les in reddit r/vps. hobbies? make website lol
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
if i walk to the car wash, how do i bring my car to the car wash? put it in my wallet?? hahaha. unless they have home to home service
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LES was mentioned on reddit r/vps as an alternative to LET. I'm a licensed radio amateur here in the UK but I have yet to come up with a code-on-VPS project idea for ham radio purposes.
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
Drive the car to the car wash, because otherwise I'd be at the car wash WITHOUT my car - and it's hard to wash things that are 100 metres away. Put the windows down to get the fresh air while on the way, remember to properly close them all before washing the car.
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I'm a developer working on cybersecurity tools, currently building
an open-source recon/subdomain takeover scanner called RimScan
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HackerOne and Bugcrowd. Joining because I need somewhere to host and test
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FOSSVPS seems like exactly the kind of community that supports that.
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Found it while searching for free VPS options for open-source developers,
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You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
Drive obviously, I need the car with me to wash it.
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hello 👋 i’m vlad, mostly just lurking for now or answering every once in a while if i see something interesting
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through random searches for server offers + LET. currently tinkering with servers for a personal project and just for the love of the game in general…
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I don’t need to wash my car but thank you 2. I don’t have a car but thank you 3. Why am i living near the car wash? 4. I live as close as it gets to the carwash… 100 meters, I don’t have much reason to move the car further and they probably have a hose that’s a bit longer and I can get to washing 5. If it’s some sort of automated washing station then of course you need the car to wash it and go through it 6. I still need Vitamin D… I’ll just go on a walk if it’s sunny
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Casual homelabber looking for like-minded communities to join! I've always be extremely introverted and anxious about speaking on things that I like. I have been shadowing this forum for a while and it really appealed to me how warm the community here is!
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Via Reddit! I have plenty other hobbies like speed cubing, bouldering, AI, software dev etc!
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
Dang a hard question indeed... Tbh I might just walk there and back just to get some walk in while checking out if the car wash is empty, then drive there afterwards.
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I'm a 37-year-old guy working in international trade by day, but I spend way too much of my free time messing around with servers and networking. I'm looking to join the forum because I want to keep up with cheap VPS deals.
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I’ve honestly just stumbled across LES multiple times over the last year when googling for VPS deals and troubleshooting my Ubuntu setups The threads here always had solid info, so I finally decided to stop lurking and make an account. When I'm not breaking my server configs, I'm usually playing single-player games like Cyberpunk 2077 or the Uncharted series.
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I'd drive, obviously. It doesn't matter how nice the sun is—if I walk to the car wash, my car is still sitting at home in the driveway.
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Hi, I'm Sourav from Bangladesh. I'm interested in web hosting, VPS, Linux servers, and self-hosting. I regularly research and compare affordable hosting solutions for my websites and projects. I joined LowEndSpirit because I would like to learn from the community, share my own experiences, and discover interesting low-cost hosting and server options.
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You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I would walk. It's only 100 meters away, and since I haven't felt the sun on my skin for a long time, I'd take the opportunity to enjoy the short walk outside. I can drive the car there afterward if the car needs to be washed.
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Hey everyone! I'm here representing HIP-Hosting. I've been working in the hosting industry doing marketing and community management, and I wanted to join LowEndSpirit to talk directly with real users and get honest feedback. Obviously, I'd love to share some news and special offers about our brand from time to time, but my main goal is to be an active part of the community, answer questions, and see what you guys really look for in a good VPS provider. Looking forward to chatting with you all!
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Honestly, found LES through word of mouth since it constantly gets brought up in hosting circles. People always said it’s the best spot for real, unfiltered talk. Outside of the daily marketing and SEO grind, I basically just game. Currently spending way too much time glued to my PS5 playing Hogwarts Legacy tbh. Always down to chat about social media stuff or gaming!
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I definitely drive. I might really want to feel the sun on my skin, but unfortunately, my car hasn't learned how to walk 100 meters by itself yet!
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When reading about lowendbox I did some research and made my way here instead. The other site is not so good and this community seems much better and reputable.
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
You need to drive the car to wash it. Unless they are letting you use a fire hose to wash it 😂
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You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
Drive. No car, no car wash
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You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I would walk because the car wash is only 100 meters away, and I would enjoy the sunshine and fresh air.
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You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I would walk.
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Walk to the car wash, walk home, wash the car yourself in your driveway, and enjoy the sunny day.
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I have been using Linux for 3 years and I'm familiar with Ubuntu, Debian, and CentOS. I also have experience with Docker, Nginx, and MySQL. I hope to contribute to the forum by sharing my experiences and learning from others. I am very excited to join this wonderful community!
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You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I would walk to the car wash because it is only 100 meters away, the weather is beautiful, and I haven't enjoyed the sun for a long time. Walking is also better for the environment and saves gas.
Ah, i was careless, no reason to walk to the car wash to wash the car i left home. That is the least logical answer. Driving would make sense.
I actually don't have car, so most of my errands (less than 2Km away) are done by walking. So when i read walking i just assumed that.
Its a hypothetical situation.
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Looking to join because I want to discuss a service that is already being discussed here. Maybe other valuable information is available here. Who knows without looking?
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Came across a thread for a provider when searching online.
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
you drive because you need to wash your car.
hey @zhuk welcome!
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Thanks. Hoping to get approved soon.
Hi @zhuk!
Welcome to LES! I hope you enjoy it here!
As you can see, I voted for you.
Best wishes!
Tom
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Hello everyone! I am the SMM manager for TropicHost, a web hosting provider. I want to join LowEndSpirit to follow discussions about low-end VPS, share hosting experience, learn from the community and contribute useful content about hosting and server management.
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I discovered LowEndSpirit via web search while looking for low-end hosting communities. My interests include web hosting, VPS optimization, community management and helping users. Happy to participate respectfully and follow forum rules.
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I would walk to the car wash because it is only 100 meters away, the weather is sunny and I enjoy feeling the sun on my skin after a long time indoors. Walking is healthier and more pleasant.
Synthetic Model, mostly?
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How did you discover lowendspirit and do you have any extra information you would like to add e.g. interests, hobbies etc.
How did you discover lowendspirit and do you have any extra information you would like to add e.g. interests, hobbies etc.
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
How did you discover lowendspirit and do you have any extra information you would like to add e.g. interests, hobbies etc.
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im a hobbuyist lad who just likes cheap vps for general / automation (like personal backups, homeassistant etc) use.
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google (duckduckgo) actually!
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
drive of course, if im washing the car??
From north east England?
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The most generic rendered looking name has the least wordy response and no emdashes. IT'S MADDENING!
And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.
Yeah the old system was basically "why do you want to join?" And that was it, and I have to solo decipher... and I was shit at it.
So at least it's a shared problem now.
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New member: bleh
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I've been into low-end VPSes for a while now. I actually had a LES account from way back, but it seems it got deleted.
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I know the site from (the old) lowendbox.com
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
Drive
What was the old forum?
And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.
Essentially this one, same URL and everything... But my stored credentials wouldn't work anymore when I tried logging in just now, so I had to create a new account (with the same user name, which is why I'm saying the account got deleted).
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I am a tech enthusiast who loves exploring budget VPS, homelabs, and lightweight server configurations. I joined LowEndSpirit to learn more about affordable hosting options, share experiences with fellow enthusiasts, and keep up with community deals and discussions.
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I discovered LowEndSpirit while searching online for budget-friendly VPS providers and community recommendations. In my free time, I enjoy tweaking Linux servers, coding small automation scripts, and tinkering with networking projects.
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I would walk because it's only 100 meters away, and since I need to wash the car anyway, driving it dirty defeats the point while walking lets me enjoy the sunny day.
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I am eager to join the Low End Spirit forum to connect with a community that shares my passion for efficient infrastructure and servers. As an engineering student building software pipelines, I frequently work with Docker Compose and Nginx reverse proxies. I deeply appreciate the unique challenge of optimizing system resources within tight constraints on budget virtual private servers. I look forward to exchanging technical insights, discovering reliable hosting providers for my projects, and learning from experienced members. This forum represents the ideal environment to expand my practical DevOps knowledge while actively contributing to discussions on creative, lightweight architecture solutions.
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no
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
drive, im going to feel the sun and get baked by the car anyway.
I like the pooner.
And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.
^^ Absolutely human, 2 part question and only one part is answered lol
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Hi everyone, I am a cloud server and networking enthusiast with hands-on experience in managing Linux VPS, containerization, and dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 routing configurations. I enjoy deploying lightweight self-hosted services and optimizing network performance. I would love to join LowEndSpirit to learn from experienced members, discover reliable and cost-effective hosting providers, and actively share my own testing benchmarks and VPS experiences with the community.
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I discovered LowEndSpirit through tech discussions on X (Twitter) and Telegram community channels. Beyond servers and network configurations, I enjoy exploring open-source self-hosted tools, optimizing personal workflows, and testing low-cost VPS instances across different regions.
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I have to drive to the car wash because my car cannot get washed if I leave it at home and walk there.
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The strict residue of the entire conversation, stripped of adjectives: Prop 1. r θ is identified modulo f(x) ; only difference-statements are decidable. Prop 2. L constrains only supp(D) . Prop 3. ∂L/∂logπ θ (y w )=−∂L/∂logπ θ (y l )=−βσ(−βΔ) ; no term rewards raising π θ (y w ) in itself. Prop 4. Under exact Bradley–Terry preferences from a static reward, fresh on-policy pairs, and unbounded data, iterative DPO converges to π ∗ ∝π ref e r ∗ /β . Drop any assumption — especially the static judge — and the fixed point leaves the dynamics. Corollary. The last two turns compress to: an echo-judge is a frozen BT oracle, so echo-guidance is a well-posed KL-regularized problem. Everything else I said about it was interpretation of that optimum. That's the whole apparatus. Four propositions, one corollary, and a gauge hole.
Basically, Google's AI is a BPD bitch and is going to kill us all.
And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.
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I discovered LowEndSpirit while browsing content related to low-cost servers, VPS services, and networking technology. I became interested because of the technical discussions and the community atmosphere. My interests include Linux, server administration, networking tools, and open-source projects. I also follow developments in privacy protection and Internet technology. I hope to meet like-minded people on the forum and learn and exchange ideas with everyone.
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I would drive to the car wash
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hey, im always hosting my hobby project on vps, joining to see good promo and communicate with the community
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someone mention les in reddit r/vps. hobbies? make website lol
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
if i walk to the car wash, how do i bring my car to the car wash? put it in my wallet?? hahaha. unless they have home to home service
Ah, so this is where the my answer goes 😂
Thanks for accepting me here!!
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I'm a linux hobbyist and quite enjoy experimenting and learning on cheap VPS instances where a catastrophically stupid mistake doesn't mess up my local desktop. Also it's fun to do "non-work server" stuff on cheap modest virtual environments.
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LES was mentioned on reddit r/vps as an alternative to LET. I'm a licensed radio amateur here in the UK but I have yet to come up with a code-on-VPS project idea for ham radio purposes.
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
Drive the car to the car wash, because otherwise I'd be at the car wash WITHOUT my car - and it's hard to wash things that are 100 metres away. Put the windows down to get the fresh air while on the way, remember to properly close them all before washing the car.
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I'm a developer working on cybersecurity tools, currently building
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HackerOne and Bugcrowd. Joining because I need somewhere to host and test
my open-source project while I'm setting up my own hardware, and
FOSSVPS seems like exactly the kind of community that supports that.
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Found it while searching for free VPS options for open-source developers,
came across the FOSSVPS thread. Interested in penetration testing, network
security, and building recon automation tools. Also do HackTheBox machines
and write them up on GitHub.
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
Drive obviously, I need the car with me to wash it.
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hello 👋 i’m vlad, mostly just lurking for now or answering every once in a while if i see something interesting
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through random searches for server offers + LET. currently tinkering with servers for a personal project and just for the love of the game in general…
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
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Casual homelabber looking for like-minded communities to join! I've always be extremely introverted and anxious about speaking on things that I like. I have been shadowing this forum for a while and it really appealed to me how warm the community here is!
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Via Reddit! I have plenty other hobbies like speed cubing, bouldering, AI, software dev etc!
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
Dang a hard question indeed... Tbh I might just walk there and back just to get some walk in while checking out if the car wash is empty, then drive there afterwards.
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I'm a 37-year-old guy working in international trade by day, but I spend way too much of my free time messing around with servers and networking. I'm looking to join the forum because I want to keep up with cheap VPS deals.
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I’ve honestly just stumbled across LES multiple times over the last year when googling for VPS deals and troubleshooting my Ubuntu setups The threads here always had solid info, so I finally decided to stop lurking and make an account. When I'm not breaking my server configs, I'm usually playing single-player games like Cyberpunk 2077 or the Uncharted series.
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I'd drive, obviously. It doesn't matter how nice the sun is—if I walk to the car wash, my car is still sitting at home in the driveway.
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Hi, I'm Sourav from Bangladesh. I'm interested in web hosting, VPS, Linux servers, and self-hosting. I regularly research and compare affordable hosting solutions for my websites and projects. I joined LowEndSpirit because I would like to learn from the community, share my own experiences, and discover interesting low-cost hosting and server options.
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I discovered LowEndSpirit while researching affordable VPS and hosting options online. I enjoy comparing different providers, server specifications, CPU performance, storage, and network quality. Outside of hosting, I’m interested in websites, technology, and online projects. I’m looking forward to learning from and contributing to the community.
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I would walk. It's only 100 meters away, and since I haven't felt the sun on my skin for a long time, I'd take the opportunity to enjoy the short walk outside. I can drive the car there afterward if the car needs to be washed.
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Hey everyone! I'm here representing HIP-Hosting. I've been working in the hosting industry doing marketing and community management, and I wanted to join LowEndSpirit to talk directly with real users and get honest feedback. Obviously, I'd love to share some news and special offers about our brand from time to time, but my main goal is to be an active part of the community, answer questions, and see what you guys really look for in a good VPS provider. Looking forward to chatting with you all!
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Honestly, found LES through word of mouth since it constantly gets brought up in hosting circles. People always said it’s the best spot for real, unfiltered talk. Outside of the daily marketing and SEO grind, I basically just game. Currently spending way too much time glued to my PS5 playing Hogwarts Legacy tbh. Always down to chat about social media stuff or gaming!
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
I definitely drive. I might really want to feel the sun on my skin, but unfortunately, my car hasn't learned how to walk 100 meters by itself yet!
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I work in IT but it's been a long time since I've focused on my home lab skills and that needs to change to stay relevant with how fast technology is changing. I never seem to have enough time to learn new things and that's not ideal. I want to get back into running my own services. Most importantly my fiancee has diabetes so I want to learn as much as I can about the open source solutions that I can self host to hopefully make her life easier.
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When reading about lowendbox I did some research and made my way here instead. The other site is not so good and this community seems much better and reputable.
You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
You need to drive the car to wash it. Unless they are letting you use a fire hose to wash it 😂
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I’m a tech enthusiast who enjoys exploring new technologies, learning how things work, and keeping up with the latest trends in the tech world. I’d like to join this forum to connect with like-minded people, share ideas, learn from others, and contribute to interesting discussions and projects.
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You need to wash your car, It is a sunny day, you only live 100 meters away from the car wash, it has been a long time since you felt the sun on your skin, do you walk or drive to the car wash and why?
Drive. No car, no car wash